Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the "wilderness" or "desert of Zin" (Genesis 14:7; Numbers 13:3-26; 14:29-33; 20:1; 27:14), on the border of Edom (20:16). From this place, in compliance with the desire of the people, Moses sent forth "twelve spies" to spy the land. After examining it in all its districts, the spies brought back an evil report, Joshua and Caleb alone giving a good report of the land (13:18-31). Influenced by the discouraging report, the people abandoned all hope of entering into the Promised Land. They remained a considerable time at Kadesh. (see HORMAH; KORAH.) Because of their unbelief, they were condemned by God to wander for thirty-eight years in the wilderness. They took their journey from Kadesh into the deserts of Paran, "by way of the Red Sea" (Deuteronomy 2:1). (One theory is that during these thirty-eight years they remained in and about Kadesh.)

At the end of these years of wanderings, the tribes were a second time gathered together at Kadesh. During their stay here at this time Miriam died and was buried. Here the people murmured for want of water, as their forefathers had done formerly at Rephidim; and Moses, irritated by their chidings, "with his rod smote the rock twice," instead of "speaking to the rock before their eyes," as the Lord had commanded him (Comp. Numbers 27:14; Deuteronomy 9:23; Psalm 106:32, 33). Because of this act of his, in which Aaron too was involved, neither of them was to be permitted to set foot within the Promised Land (Numbers 20:12, 24). The king of Edom would not permit them to pass on through his territory, and therefore they commenced an eastward march, and "came unto Mount Hor" (20:22).

This place has been identified with `Ain el-Kadeis, about 12 miles east-south-east of Beersheba. (see SPIES.)

The sacred city of the Hittites, on the left bank of the Orontes, about 4 miles south of the Lake of Homs. It is identified with the great mound Tell Neby Mendeh, some 50 to 100 feet high, and 400 yards long. On the ruins of the temple of Karnak, in Egypt, has been found an inscription recording the capture of this city by Rameses II. (see PHARAOH.) Here the sculptor "has chiselled in deep work on the stone, with a bold execution of the several parts, the procession of the warriors, the battle before Kadesh, the storming of the fortress, the overthrow of the enemy, and the camp life of the Egyptians." (see HITTITES.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

KADESH ON THE ORONTES

o-ron'-tez (in Massoretic Text of 2 Samuel 24:6, under the corrupt form tachtim chodhshi, which should be corrected from the Septuagint (Luc.) reading: eis ten genitive Chettieim Kades, "to the land of the Hittites unto Kadesh," into 'erets ha-chittim qadheshah. Ewald and others, fixing the northern ideal boundary of Israel at the sources of the Jordan, would read "Hermon" for chodhshi, but the conjectures of Thenius and Hitzig of a reference to the northern Kadesh are fully confirmed by the reading given): Kadesh was the southern capital of the Hittites, and was situated on the upper waters of the Orontes, 80 miles North of Damascus. It is now represented by a large mound 5 miles South of what, till the Middle Ages, was called the Lake of Kades, but now the Lake of Homs. Here Thothmes III of Egypt (flourished circa 1650 B.C.), after the battle of Megiddo, met and received hostages from the Assyrians, and here too Rameses II defeated Hatesar, king of the Hittites (circa 1320 B.C.), and concluded with him a treaty, which was formally inscribed on a disk of silver. The incidents of the battle are depicted on the walls of the Ramesseum, and an Egyptian epic records the heroic deeds of Rameses. Under the name Kadytis, it is mentioned as being taken by Pharaoh-necoh (Herodotus ii.159) in 609 B.C. In the only Bible reference (2 Samuel 24:6), it is named as the northern limit of the census made by David.

6947. Qadesh Barnea -- a place in the desert... a place in the desert. Transliteration: Qadesh Barnea Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-dashe' bar-nay'-ah) Short Definition: Kadesh-barnea. ...Kadesh-barnea. .../hebrew/6947.htm - 6k

From Kadesh to the Death of Moses.... From Kadesh to the Death of Moses. ... They seemed to have remained a long while at Kadesh (Dt.1:45) and indeed may have made it a sort of headquarters. .../.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter vii from kadesh to.htm

From Sinai to Kadesh.... Chapter VI. From Sinai to Kadesh. Ex.20-Num.14 Mount Sinai. ... It is the final word in all right relation to others. The Journey to Kadesh-Barnea. .../.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter vi from sinai to.htm

Author's Preface.... Topics. Chapter VI. From Sinai to Kadesh. Mount Sinai. ... Purpose of the Mosaic Law. Several parts of the law. Journey to Kadesh-Barnea. Twelve spies. ...//christianbookshelf.org/tidwell/the bible period by period/authors preface.htm

Chapter xx... 1. And Abraham journeyed from thence to the land of the South Country (Negeb) and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; he also sojourned in Gerar. ...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xx.htm

Women who Saved a Nation... She sent and called Barak, the son of Abinoam, from Kadesh Naphtali and said to him, "Does not Jehovah the God of Israel command you: 'Go, march to Mount Tabor .../.../christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/women who saved a nation.htm

Numbers.... II. The Journey to Moab, 10:11-22:1. 1. From Sinai to Kadesh, 10:11-14 end. 2. From Kadesh to Kadesh. ... 3. From Kadesh to Moab, 20:22-22:1. III. .../.../gerberding/the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter iv numbers.htm

The Story of the Grapes from Canaan... many days. At last they came to a place just on the border between the desert and Canaan, called Kadesh, or Kadesh-barnea. Here .../.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of the grapes.htm

The Waters of Meribah... 'Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there .../.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the waters of meribah.htm

Canaan... We even hear of Amorites in the mountain-block of Kadesh-barnea, in the desert south of Canaan; and the Amorite type of face, as it has been depicted for us on .../.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter ii canaan.htm

Thesaurus

Kadesh (30 Occurrences)... Easton's Bible Dictionary Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. .../k/kadesh.htm - 21k

Zin (9 Occurrences)... ZIN. (1) A town in the extreme South of Judah, on the line separating that province from Edom, named between the ascent of Akrabbim and Kadesh-barnea (Numbers 34 .../z/zin.htm - 11k

Ka'desh-bar'nea (9 Occurrences)Ka'desh-bar'nea. Kadesh-barnea, Ka'desh-bar'nea. Kadmiel . ... Numbers 32:8 Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. (See RSV). .../k/ka'desh-bar'nea.htm - 9k

Meribah (11 Occurrences)... It was probably in Wady Feiran, near Mount Serbal. (2.) Another fountain having a similar origin in the desert of Zin, near to Kadesh (Numbers 27:14). .../m/meribah.htm - 14k

Bible Concordance

Kadesh (30 Occurrences)

Genesis 14:7 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 20:1 Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 13:26 They went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us:(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:16 and when we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:22 They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV(

Numbers 27:14 because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:8 Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 33:36 They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 33:37 They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:4 and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 1:19 We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 1:46 So you abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you abode there.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 2:14 The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Yahweh swore to them.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 9:23 When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, "Go up and possess the land which I have given you;" then you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn't believe him, nor listen to his voice.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:51 because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn't sanctify me in the midst of the children of Israel.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:2 He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples.(BBE)

Joshua 10:41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 14:6 Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 14:7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. I brought him word again as it was in my heart. Ruth (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 15:3 and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 11:16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 11:17 then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying,'Please let me pass through your land;' but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,(See RSV)

Ezekiel 47:19 The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the great sea. This is the south side southward.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 48:28 By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the great sea.(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)